Outcome in very preterm infants: a population-based study from a regional center in Austria.

Aim: To determine short-term morbidity and mortality rates in the first state-wide Austrian neonatal cohort and comparison to (inter)national data.

Methods: Observational, population-based cohort study, analyzing data of preterm infants (<32 + 0 weeks of gestation) born between 2007 and 2020 ( = 501) in an Austrian state who were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. Outcome criteria were mortality, neonatal morbidities: bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), severe intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH grades III-IV), severe retinopathy of prematurity (ROP grades III-V) and survival-free of major complications.

Effects of an exclusive human-milk diet in preterm neonates on early vascular aging risk factors (NEOVASC): study protocol for a multicentric, prospective, randomized, controlled, open, and parallel group clinical trial.

Background: Preterm birth accounts for approximately 11% of all livebirths globally. Due to improvements in perinatal care, more than 95% of these infants now survive into adulthood. Research has indicated a robust association between prematurity and increased cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular mortality.

Incidence of hypoglycemia in newborn infants identified as at risk.

Temporary low plasma glucose concentrations are common in healthy newborns. Although there is no uniform definition of neonatal hypoglycemia, there is a consensus in the current literature that plasma glucose concentrations should be measured in infants at risk. Known risk groups for transient neonatal hypoglycemia include infants of diabetic mothers (IDM), large (LGA) or small (SGA) for gestational age and late preterm (LPT) infants.

High Prevalence and Incidence of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy in Children and Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Results From a Five-Year Prospective Cohort Study.

Background: In this prospective cohort study, we investigated the prevalence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy at baseline and after five years of follow-up in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus using both measurements of nerve conduction velocity and clinical neurological examination.

Methods: A total of 38 patients who underwent insulin pump or intensive insulin therapy were included. The subjects averaged 12.

Severe growth retardation, delayed bone age, and facial dysmorphism in two patients with microduplications in 2p16 → p22.

Interstitial duplications of the short arm of chromosome 2 have been rarely described. Here, we report on two unrelated patients with overlapping chromosome 2p16 → p22 de novo microduplications found by SNP-array analysis. The affected individuals were an 8-year-3-month-old boy with a direct duplication of approximately 14.